SJSU Research Guides: Computer Science and Computer & Software Engineering: Find Books/E-textbooks/Free Coursewares

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Cambridge University Press Journals and Books This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed academic journals across disciplines. The library subscribes to some journals and ebooks.
de Gruyter Ebooks and Journals This link opens in a new window
A collection of scholarly ebooks and ejournals. Here is a list of the content available to SJSU. Also available are open access/free ebooks and journals.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
This collection offers ebooks covering many subject areas. The platform is integrated with your SJSUOne account. Can download only individual chapters.
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Very limited number of simultaneous user-access. Cannot download ebooks or individual chapters.
IGI Global Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
A peer reviewed collection of 6000+ single and multi-volume reference books, research handbooks, and encyclopedias in many subject areas.
MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile Complete Monographs This link opens in a new window
A collection of 2500+ MIT Press scholarly monographs covering the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
O’Reilly Online Learning E-books This link opens in a new window
A curated library of the best technical books today—including titles from Pearson, O’Reilly Media,and more—organized by the most popular subjects, from web development and mobile apps to entrepreneurship and UX/IA, and more. SJSU subscribes to 49,000+ items.

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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles and ebooks in science, technology and medicine (STM), arts, humanities and social sciences. Click on "Journals and Books" link on the website to filter by subscribed, open access and complimentary access to know what is available to you. The Advanced Search screen also allows you to filter by subscribed, open access and complimentary access, and subject areas to know what is available to you.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
This abstract and citation database covers thousands of scholarly journals, books, and conference proceedings. Covering a broad range of disciplines, Scopus enables one to track, analyze, and visualize research. Output data at the institutional and author levels are available. Authors will find h-index, Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), and citation counts helpful in demonstrating the impact of their work.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles covering the Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. Library subscription also includes access to many ebooks and conference proceedings.
Taylor & Francis ebooks This link opens in a new window
Taylor & Francis publishes books for all levels of academic study across a wide range of subjects and disciplines.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of e-journals and ebooks covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Download the user guide

Textbooks available as eBooks in the Library

The link below provides a list of textbooks for the current semester that are available to students for free as library ebooks. For other assigned reading that may be available in the library, check the course reserves catalog by course or professor and OneSearch.

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CSU Collections
SJSU students, faculty, and staff have access to over 29 million books across the entire CSU, right from within OneSearch. You can request books from any of the other 22 California State University libraries and have them delivered to the SJSU Library within 2-5 days.
ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
Use Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) to request items such as books, articles (print or electronic copies), and dissertations from libraries worldwide.
WorldCat
Search many libraries in your community and thousands more around the world all at once for an item and then locate it in a library nearby.

Check the San Jose Public Library for books. It also includes Link+ connections to other college and public libraries.

Affordable Learning Solutions: Open Educational Resources by College

LearnChemE

LinkedIn Learning Online Courses (SJSU subscribed)

edX

Harvard University Free Courses

MERLOT

MIT Open Courseware

Open Michigan!

Stanford Free Online Courses

Yale Open Courseware

How do I use OneSearch and FindIt

How do I use OneSearch and FindIt

Find Books and Articles with OneSearch
Use OneSearch to find the books and articles you need.
Using Find It
A short tutorial on using Find It, a service that allows you to find full-text articles even when they're not in the database you're searching.

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Filter on the left of the Results with Resources Type set to Books and Availability set to Full text online from SJSU